Founded over 30 years ago, ACORD is one of the oldest and largest Pan-African organisations. It works in 17 African countries to promote social justice and lift Africans out of poverty. ACORD works with more than one million Africans and 2000 partners on the continent and worldwide.

ACORD’s vision is a society in which all citizens are able to achieve their rights and fulfil their responsibilities.

ACORD’s mission is to work in common cause with people who are poor and those who have been denied their rights to obtain social justice and development and be part of locally rooted citizen movements.